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So Many Things…

There are so many things.Things that I love.Things that scare me.Things I despise.Things that send my body and mind spinning, We are all facing so many things right now. And no matter how much we try; we can’t control so…

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Secret Society

Poem by Holly Ann Kasper 5/16/22 I’m part of a secret societyA group of peopleCloaked in tiger stripes And happy belliesEager to learnAnd quick to listen Unbuckled from the Rules of the public gracesExtra pockets of timeLike spare changeAdding up to agesOf…

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Here I am…

For a long time, I have been sitting in my life; figuring out what I am doing.For a long time I have been feeling myself throughpast pain and current perspectives. Seeing what I am thinking;Seeing what I have been believing…

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Shapeshifter

Poem by Holly Ann Kasper Losing weightDidn’t healThe girl insideWho’s heart brokeTo learnThat the worldWould judge herBy her body. The only healingShe ever foundWas in buildingA world for herself…Inside of herselfThat saw her as whole;With every partOf her body and…

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Sea Ray

Poem by Holly Ann Kasper5/15/22 I want to keep writingTo loosen the tangles of my mindTo swim deep down past the waves and the life and to float along the sand like a sea ray With the cold of the…

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Moving Rainbow

Poem by Holly Ann Kasper5/9/22 I’m purple on my elbowsRed inside my noseYellow in my arm pitsand blue between my toes. How I show up is always changingand my colors do so toothis moving rainbow paints my beingand all of…

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Mr. Pat Riarchy…

Poem by Holly Ann Kasper3/24/2022 He convinced her that freedom was a trapHe promised protection from her dangerous voice Remedies to control her evil body and rules to redeem her imperfect soul…

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Anxious Triumph

Poem by Holly Ann Kasper3/22/2022 If I can just breatheThen I can liveBut what grows in my lungstakes up ruthless space This fear I didn’t approveOne that snuck past my guardsWhich my body now holds captiveSentences drum softlyWith each restricted…

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Here and Now…

Poem by Holly Ann Kasper 2/28/22 I fell into a sleep today;delicious, teary sleep today. My eyes erased the world todayand drew my dreams alive today. “So Real” My brain declared today;My thoughts and feelings breathe today. Make way my…

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